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Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, part 3. Space, helicopters, spyplanes and more

When
we were finished with the aviation hangar (you can see the civilian planes in part 1 and the
military ones in part
2) at the Evergreen Aviation
and Space Museum, it was time for the space hangar. There we
found space vehicles, missiles, spy planes, helicopters and some odds and ends.

A JB-2, something as unusual as an US-made V1. It was meant to be used during the invasion of mainland Japan, but was never used in combat.

A Soviet Foton unmanned capsule

A replica Lunokhod 1, the first remotely controlled vehicle to travel on the moon in 1970.

From
space to helicopters.

A Bell AH-1F Cobra

From
copters to spyplanes.

That's a big motor...

It's a SR-71 Blackbird from 1962. Wow.

A Teledyne-Ryan AQM-34N Firebee, a photo-recon drone used in Vietnam and over China in 1967-71.

A Lockheed GTD-21B drone. Another spydrone from the 60s.

X-15

A Mohawk

A F- 86 H Sabre undergoing renovations.

MIG-17A

MIG-21

MIG-23

F-15A

That’s
just a part of what you could find in there, but my company was starting to
grow tired and we had an hour drive home.

Outside
one could see lots of planes, but the heat made us retreat back to the AC of
our car.

Planes on the other side of the parking lot. There were actually lots of planes all around the hangars. If only I had had more time...

There were even some AFVs.

That
was a taste of the museum and I hope you enjoyed it.

I
give Evergreen Aviation
and Space Museuma 5 out of
5 score, as it is well worth a visit even if you’re not an aviation freak.
Simply great and give it a whole day, because you will need it.

My rating system

5 - A masterpiece. You have to read/see/visit.4 - Really good. Strongly recommended it if it is a subject of interest, and probably worth reading/seeing/visiting if not.3 – It’s OK. If it’s a subject you’re interested in, it’s probably worth reading/seeing/visiting. Otherwise you can probably skip it.2 - Well, not really... If it’s your subject you could possibly find something in it worth your while. Otherwise stay clear.1 - Stay clear. This is a waste of your time.